A star system in our own galactic neighborhood is poised to put on a show so bright it could briefly rival the planets and ...

NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we know it.

What can an exploding star in a distant galaxy teach scientists about red supergiants? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of ...

This artist's concept visualizes a kilonova – an explosion that happens when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole collide and merge. When these collisions happen, a fraction of the ...